INFO ON POSSIBLE CW

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Subject: INFO ON POSSIBLE CW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







COUNTRY:          IRAQ

SUBJ:

INFORMATION ON MOVEMENT OF MISSILES,

TROOPS, AND POSSIBLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY IRAQ TO THE

SAUDI BORDER AREA

DOI:          AUGUST 1990







A. ON 07 AUGUST,

30 AL HUSAYN MISSILES

BEING TRANSPORTED SOUTH TOWARD KUWAIT/SAUDI BORDER.







C.          10 VERY LONG TRANSPORTER TRAILERS MOVING TOWARD THE SAUDI BORDER

ON 08 AUGUST. THESE TRANSPORTER TRAILERS WERE TRAVELLING AT A

CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, AND KUWAITI COMMANDOS

WERE ABLE TO ATTACK ONE OF THE VEHICLES.          KILLED

THE VEHICLE'S CREWMEMBERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ESCORT PARTY.

THE TRAILER CONTAINED 100 WARHEADS WHICH

APPEARED TO BE CHEMICAL WARHEADS.

3.          THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL

DETAILS AT PRESENT ON THE LOCATION OF THE MISSILE SIGHTINGS,

THE REASONS BEHIND

WHY THE COMMANDOS BELIEVED THE WARHEADS WERE CHEMICAL

MUNITIONS







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